| Vendor | Acquia | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) |
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| HQ | USA (Boston, MA; DAM team rooted in Madison, WI) | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) |
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| Founded | 2007 | 1989 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Acquia (majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners) | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | Not public |
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| Pricing model | quote-only tiers (Workgroup, Mid-Market, Enterprise) + add-ons | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, LDAP |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR | None published |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Strong Performer · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer · Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q1 2022: Leader (as Widen) | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | No |
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| Official MCP server | YesMCP Server for Acquia DAM, read-only | No |
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| API base URL | https://api.widencollective.com/v2 | https://{tenant}/wf/restapi/v2/{endpoint} |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, Personal token | API key, Basic auth, session |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth: non-expiring, or 8 h access + 6-month single-use refresh | API keys permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows |
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| Rate limit | 50 req/s per access token (HTTP 429); monthly call allowance by plan | Not public |
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| Pagination | offset (limit max 100, offset max 10,000) or scroll_id for large sets | page index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, 9 asset events, optional HMAC signing; retries Not public | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1: v2 (78 operations) + v1 (49 operations) | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) |
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| Official SDKs | TypeScript/JavaScript (official, npm acquia-dam-sdk) | none official; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API |
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